ASBESTOS UPDATE: Aqua-Chem Settlement With 3 Insurer Unravels

The Coca-Cola Company says that it anticipated that a final settlement with three insurers would be finalized in May 2011, in litigation involving Aqua-Chem, Inc., but those insurers repudiated their settlement commitments.

The Company owned Aqua-Chem from 1970 to 1981. During…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Coca-Cola Sees May 2011 Settlement in Aqua-Chem

The Coca-Cola Company anticipates that a final settlement with certain of those insurers in litigation involving Aqua-Chem, Inc. (n/k/a Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.) will be finalized in May 2011.

During the period from 1970 to 1981, the Company owned Aqua-Chem. A division of…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Coca-Cola Remains Party to Aqua-Chem Suit

The Coca-Cola Company is still disputing former subsidiary Aqua- Chem, Inc.’s (n/k/a Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.) claims over Aqua-Chem’s demands for about US$10 million for out-of-pocket asbestos litigation-related expenses.

During the period from 1970 to 1981, the Company owned Aqua-Chem. A division of…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: Coca-Cola Co. Disputing Aqua-Chem, Inc. Demands

The Coca-Cola Company continues to dispute former subsidiary Aqua-Chem, Inc.’s (n/k/a Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.) claims over Aqua- Chem’s demands for about US$10 million for out-of-pocket asbestos litigation-related expenses.

During the period from 1970 to 1981, the Company owned Aqua-Chem. A division of…

ASBESTOS UPDATE: PepsiAmericas Inc. Cites Pneumo Abex Obligation

PepsiAmericas, Inc. has certain indemnification obligations related to product liability and toxic tort claims that might emanate out of the 1988 agreement with Pneumo Abex Corporation.

Other companies not owned by or associated with the Company also are responsible to…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Coca-Cola Still Disputes Aqua-Chem Demands

The Coca-Cola Company still disputes former subsidiary Aqua- Chem, Inc.’s (n/k/a Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.) claims over Aqua- Chem’s demands for about US$10 million for out-of-pocket asbestos litigation-related expenses.

During the period from 1970 to 1981, the Company owned Aqua- Chem. A division…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: PepsiAmericas Cites Pneumo Abex Obligations

PepsiAmericas, Inc. has certain indemnification obligations related to product liability and toxic tort claims that might emanate out of the 1988 agreement with Pneumo Abex Corporation.

Other companies not owned by or associated with the Company also are responsible to Pneumo…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: N.H. Supreme Court Favors Brewery Worker

The New Hampshire Supreme Court, on May 1, 2009, reversed a ruling denying George Gamas, a former Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. brewery worker, benefits for an asbestos-related lung condition, the Associated Press reports.

Mr. Gamas worked at the Merrimack, N.H., brewery for…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Coca-Cola Still Disputing Aqua-Chem Demands

The Coca-Cola Company continues to dispute former subsidiary Aqua-Chem, Inc.’s (n/k/a Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.) claims over Aqua- Chem’s demands for about US$10 million for out-of-pocket asbestos litigation-related expenses.

During the period from 1970 to 1981, the Company owned Aqua- Chem., a division…

ASBESTOS LITIGATION: Childress Action Filed v. 200 Firms in Ill.

Randy Gori, Esq., and Barry Julian, Esq., of Alton, Ill., on April 2, 2009, filed an asbestos lawsuit against more than 200 businesses and state universities on behalf of Charles Childress, a Kentucky bricklayer, The Madison St. Clair Record reports.

The…

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